CLA-2-29:RR:NC:2:240 E83818
Mr. Edmundo Rodriguez
Néstor Reyes, Inc.
U.S. Customs Brokers
P.O. Box 9023474
San Juan, PR 00902-3474
RE: The tariff classification of Citric acid, monohydrate (CAS # 5949-29-1) from Germany
Dear Mr. Rodriguez:
In your letter dated June 16, 1999, on behalf of your client Schering Plough Products, Inc., you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The applicable subheading for Citric acid, monohydrate will be 2918.14.0000, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), which provides for Carboxylic acids with alcohol function but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives: Citric acid….. The rate of duty will be 6 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Stephanie Joseph at 212-637-7066.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Swierupski
Director,
National Commodity
Specialist Division